Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-14

have the same showing in New York, Bos-
ton and Philadeldiia-in fact, IN every
CITY where there is sufficient demand
that the great dressed beef ring OF Chi
cage has. Let cooling houses be erected
wherever needed TO sell our refrigerator
beef, and we certainly have, with the
refrigerator properly operated ct home
where the steers are raised, living
showing to compete with the ring VINO
/ has to buy and slaughter II the city OF
/ Chicago But let US remember that we
would not be competing with . weak
/ force, but with something that is mon
/ : er, who controls money without meas
/ ne. Our advantage being nearness to
the range where the steers are raised Snd
/ fa.tened aud saving OF railroad freight,
Sardage, feeding, commission md shrink
/ age Now, gentlemen, to do that thing
the stqckmen must take hold literally.
DON'T stand back waiting one on the
other and fearing 8 loss. Go 10, and 60 in
strong. Put together Sufficient capital
with which you can build your relrigera-
tor and canning house, and that at the
most suitable point IN our state-the
/ place wnsre there ere many ways To
reach with beef, and that is most con-
venient to ship from to the North
ern as well as the Southern
markets. Build your cooling houses in
Jhg cities where the trade demands it
and shape the business in O way that will
save shrinkage and loss, end enable you
to stand up against the monster thsC
as so nearly crushed the
/ life out of the cattle business. 1t Will
/ take no small amount Of money to do
/ this, but il lis Cor g sum that will be
sufficient b. hold the business upon it
/ fsst AID carry it along until success
! crowns the effort. We have good end
honest men among US WHO nave had eX-
rerieEca in the business. Select the
! best ana form into a strong company to
save our cattle business. IT something
of the kiad is not done, then you must
/ tix UP your minds 10 raise cheaper beef
than you have been selling; for those who
! hzve pressed you t. where you can
scarcely endure !. only become more SIX
i5us fot gain, sod will soon demand d
aTsa,gr loss ,bao you arg having. Don't
let this meeting PISS, this crowd dlsDeTse
vltho1t getting plan On foot TO check
lie less cattle p up,e nave besG h5yirg,
/ Jfa would recommend that yoU select 8
! s,m m.eee, whose du.y it shall be to
1 T-ais Uj0n and stay vita our / I.sl1Lure
I G4cI n y give us quarantine lay, en-
pgwrriDg the governor 10 quarantine
- .,psi auy state, county or country that
/ HIS diseased cattle ia il. As il is there
. IS M lay authorizing he governor %
. quarantine, and fJr the LIST three months
oar sJste mas oGen exposed t. countries
/ here pluerO-pReua MIA exists, AMI
those countries have been selling
/ Cur raUClmen improved bulls.
( Tacse dea ers. as you al know, seek the
winter months TO come TO our state. This
winter IS nearly taO-thifds passed, with
! cus any pro .ect.op from this dreaded dis
, ease. Let US see to it that we be exposed
10 longer. Or governor has been with
us in sympathy and feeling, but he has
! been pOWGrless. Ia connection with
! this quarantine law We should have
& board of inspection to pass upon all
cattle shipped into the state. The fees OF
/ this inspection board should be moderate
and regulated by the legislature. We
would also recommend that this commit
( tee ask of tee legislature suCh laws con
! trolling the school and public lands as
will not work q pressure on the stock
men. LIST them consider The differ
eECe in the value Of grazing
leUds. Every section IS ut worth
he same price, though the land board
his been requiring p2y Tor all alike. This
should not De, but they should demand Of
lae stocSmen pay for the land in proper
t'on to its value tor graZiag. We would
. most resp CtiUliy ask caICf1l cOns.derl-
ton of the degreciated tax rolls of some
0, our grazing counties for the year 1886,
Is compared Wi.h previous years,
mo!ou5 and prosperous there,
Tae shTlck2ge IN the valGeOf cattle cau-es
E35 Only 3 falling ~ Of assessments,
but loss in the value OF The lands. n u
only 90 our C;tiz rs suffer from tie
shrlukaga, but also lose on the revenue
/ fer st.le ind county funds. Let the leg.
iS.atuge consider tn general situation,
, nor forgetting the acts Of the nd board,
! who IucJrrage the poor pilgrim westward
TO take a home on lands entirely worth
less fer agriculture. Facts show Ior
themselves, and we cite our leg
is 6ture to Our drouth- SIR cken
/ districts, tha- they may mark the suffer
/ ilgs OF the daiudsd pilgrims, Who regret
ever having moved West to larm. The
question of freight rates demands prompt
and early consideration Of the present
state OF ulfslr5. Railroads are pooled all
orer the state. forcing every shipper to
come to their terms, whether 1t be on
merchandise, cotton Or cattle. The
pressure is so great that the roads
control = large profit in the trade
and products Of cur state. Let the
legislature rise above these fell
laws who operate the different l,ne7, aud
give t. our psople laws regulating freight,
as well as passenger rates. Again we
would ask Of the Legislature to consider 3
! plan for obtaining deep water on our
coast at some suitable point. We should
lock nc longer 10 the general government
to give Us deep water unless We show q
! disposition 10 help ourselves. Nor need we
/ TO expect the general government to give
Us sufficient means 10 build
pier at any point on our coast to
deep water. II mas been suggested by
/ some OF Our Statesmen that cur state
/ should take hold Of the deep water prof Ct
/ and donate literally in ladds toward lis
construct n, ana then the general govern
ment, seeing our willing efforts. will take
confidence and come to cur assistance.
/ 1t seems to US that in a move for deep
water, our state government taking the
| lead, that every class of business men
should feel an intereSS, and we stock peo-
pie should encourage any scheme that
will tend toward opening a way and
making q market for Ouc products, and
the building of lines Of railroad through
the state to the North end West should De
encouraged by US all, especially those
lines leading toward the great grazing
districts OF the Western cattle country.
Those clttiemen have been our customers
10 buy and Iipen the ycuug steers from
our pastures. That liEe OF trade should
DE kept up, IS since tie fencing OF cur
lands We raise more cattle than we sue
cessfuly fatten for market; and with line